Henri Dutilleux was a perfectionist, famous for his careful revisions of his comparatively small output, and his orchestral music demonstrates his meticulous attention to sonorities and textures. The three works on this 2015 Erato CD are fine examples of Dutilleux's craft, drawn from three periods of his long career, yet all consistently show his thorough mastery of the orchestra. Despite its modernity, the Symphony No. 1 (1951) is clearly traditional in its four-movement structure and procedures, yet most listeners will be ...
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Henri Dutilleux was a perfectionist, famous for his careful revisions of his comparatively small output, and his orchestral music demonstrates his meticulous attention to sonorities and textures. The three works on this 2015 Erato CD are fine examples of Dutilleux's craft, drawn from three periods of his long career, yet all consistently show his thorough mastery of the orchestra. Despite its modernity, the Symphony No. 1 (1951) is clearly traditional in its four-movement structure and procedures, yet most listeners will be drawn to its strong neo-Classical flavor, its wide range of tone colors, and its varied moods. Somewhat more abstruse in method is Métaboles (1965), which at times has a sharp-edged brittleness, yet the music also reveals a deep lyricism and a sense of lush textures not found in the avant-garde music of the time. Sur le même accord (2002) is a nocturne for violin and orchestra that seems rather like a slow movement from a concerto, because the soloist's part is challenging, and the...
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